Clipper



June 24, 1930. M R, THROWER 1,766,270y

GLIPER Filed June 15, 1927 Inventor Patented .lune 24, 1930 STATESearner ortica MARION R. THROWER, F TUCKERMAN, ARKANSAS, ASIGNOR 0FONE-HALF TO HUBERT HALL, OF TUCKERMAN, JACKSON COUNTY, ARKANSAS CLIPPEB.i

Application led June 13,

My invention relates to clippers and is adapted particularly for use inclipping hedges and for trimming other bushes of a similar nature andhas for its object to provide a power driven clipping blade adapted torotate at a high rate of speed so as to accomplish the clippingoperation in a more eiiicient and expeditious manner.

A further object is to provide a clipper of relatively light weight andadapted to be easily moved from place to place along the hedge as thetrimming operation progresses and having means remote from the clipperfor operating the same.

Other objects and advantages reside in the special construction,combination Vand arrangement of the various elements forming theinvention as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing forming part hereof, wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view with p-arts shown in section so as toillustrate the blade operating mechanism, and,

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken along a line 22 of Figure 1.

In the drawing, wherein for the purposes of illustration I havedisclosed a preferred embodiment of my invention, I provide a housingcomprising 4a substantially circular plate indicated at 5, one side ofwhich is flattened and provided with anv upturned flange 6. The curvededge portion of the plate 5 is provided with a down turned flange 6. Theplate 5 is further provided with an opening' A into which extends an armB formed integrally on said plate 5. To said iicnge Vis secured the rearedge of a set of stationary teeth 7, the outer or toothed ends of whichare arranged in an arc coinciding with the arc formed by the plate 5.

On the free end portion of the arm B I is a rotatably mounted shaft 8having a ring gear 9 arranged near its lower end and to the underside ofsaid ring gear I provide a plurality of clipper blades 10, said bladesextending radially with respect to the'plate with their ends terminatingslight- 1927'. serial No. 198,458.'

ly short of the outer edge of the plate. It 'i willbe noted from Figure2 of the drawing that the ring gear 9 is disposed above the plate. 5whereas the clipper blades 10 are :arranged below the plate and coactwith the underside of the teeth 7 f AA cap 12 is .arranged at the upperend of the shaft 8 suitably enclosing the same whereby to excludedustvor dirttherefrom and between the cap and the ring gear 9 isinterposed a setV of ball bearings 13 to facilitate the rotationthereof. Extending from one side of the cap 12 isa tubular .housing 14rotatably supporting a pinion shaft 15 at one end of rwhich is a drivepinion 16 operatively engaging the ring gear 9. The housing 14 extendsoutwardly from the rear of the plate and has a exible housing 17connected thereto by a suitable coupling 18, said fiexible housinghaving a flexible drive shaft 19 arranged therein and connected at oneend with the drive pinion 16 with its opposite end connected with asuitable drive mechanism. The drive shaft 19 may be connected with anelectric motor or other suitable mechanical operating means adapted torotate said shaft .at a fairly high rate of speed. f

Upon the upper face of the plate 5 is arranged a handle 20, preferablydisposed above the shaft `housing 14 by means of which the clipper iscarried and guided during the clipping operation.

It will observed from Figure 2 ofthe drawing that the bottom portion ofthe plate 5 is entirely open so as to prevent the accumulation ofclippings between the clipper blades 10 and the housing which might tendto clog the same and interfere with the operation thereof.

It is obvious that the invention is susceptible to various changes andmodifications without departing from the spirit thereof or the sco-pe ofthe appended claim and I yaccordingly claim all such forms of the deviceto which I am entitled.

I claim: v Y

A clipper of the character described comprising a flat plate having adownturned vmarginal flange and an upturned marginal flange, and furtherbeing provided with an opening adjacent the upturned flange, an integralsupporting arm on the plate eX- tending into the opening, an integraljournal housing adjacent the free end of the arm extending upwardlythereon and having an .open bottom, a shaft rotatably mounted in thehousing and depending therefrom, a ring gear mounted on the depend-ingportion of the shaft, anti-friction means interposed between the ringgear and the arm, radially extending cutting blades mounted on the ringgear and extending beneath the plate and Within the downturned flangethereon7 stationary cutting teeth extending forwardly in the horizontalplane of the lplate :and fhaving an upturned 'dfllge -ifor vconnectionwith the upturned plate flange for detaehably mounting said lteeththereon ina manner toco-act with the radial blades, a casing mounted onthe arm rearwardly of the journal housing and eX- tending rearwardlyover the plate, a drive :sha-ft rotatably mounted in the casing, apinion gear on the drive shaft in mesh With the ring gear, andmeans forconnecting the sha-,ft to a source of power in a manner to IQGate thesame.

:testimony whereof il affix my signature.

MARIONA R. THROWER.

